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1. This Weekly Habit Might Solve Most of the Problems That Keep You Up at Night

A man from Africa wanted to know about a money question. A man from Alabama wanted to ask about a purpose and work issue. A man from Alaska wanted to know, "How can I make my marriage work?" Whenever a ...

Created on 22 February 2017

2. The Highest Honor to Which a Man Can Aspire

Not long after Jim and his wife moved to Orlando, his new neighbor invited him to attend The Man in the Mirror weekly men's Bible Study. For six months Jim never said a word—not one peep. He later reminisced, ...

Created on 02 February 2017

3. A Single Solution to 2 of the Biggest Problems Facing Men

Many men are in trouble. They have exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and the glory of God for an idol. The result? They are tired, disillusioned and confused. Their marriages are hanging on by a thread. ...

Created on 29 December 2016

4. The Best Time for Men to Make Disciples

Something happened to me when I hit 35—I just didn't want to live the old way any more. I wanted to change my life. So I spent the next 2 1/2 years reading the Bible, looking for insight.  Clarity came ...

Created on 07 December 2016

5. What Every Christian Brother Needs From You

I took a survey of the men who attend The Man in the Mirror Bible Study. First, I asked, "How many of you are having work-related problems? If you are, raise your hands." About 50 percent of the men raised ...

Created on 17 November 2016

6. What to Do if You're Experiencing a Spiritual Recession

John was highly leveraged when the stock market crashed. By Friday morning of Wall Street's worst week, John's equity was paper thin. He said, "If the market goes down another 100 points today, they will ...

Created on 17 October 2016

7. This Golden Question Can Help You Impact More Unbelievers

I've asked several thousand men a golden question about themselves over the years. All have been eager to respond. Actually, one was not, but as far as I can remember, everyone else. It is virtually a ...

Created on 23 September 2016

8. The Bottleneck Holding Many Christian Men Back From Discipleship

Twenty years ago there wasn't enough good curriculum to disciple men. Leaders who attended the annual meetings of NCMM (the National Coalition of Ministries to Men) recognized that as the bottleneck most ...

Created on 31 August 2016

9. Men, Use This Weapon to Shatter Satan's Deadly Agenda Against You

Working with men is my vocation, and I love it. However, every day I hear from men whose lives, marriages and families are falling apart or barely hanging on. Often it's because of emotional neglect—chasing ...

Created on 25 July 2016

10. A Practical Way to Become a Faithful Disciple-Making Man

It's painful to say this, but after working in men's evangelism and discipleship for four decades, it's clear to me that most men don't care what happens to other men. Perhaps they care in theory. But ...

Created on 11 July 2016

11. 10 Godly Ways to Really Love a Woman

Note: This is an excerpt from my new book Man Alive. I wrote Man Alive because I'm tired of watching men go to events, get all amped up, charge out determined to do better, soar briefly, then glide (or ...

Created on 23 June 2016

12. Spiritually Happy Men Do This

Every time you turn around, some leader is suggesting you "need" to be in a small group. Why is that? What do they know that makes them say that? As it turns out, they have some good reasons. There are ...

Created on 17 May 2016

13. Do You Know Any Icebergs?

Jim (not his real name) was fairly active in many of the men's activities—a "behind the scenes" guy who liked to make things happen but stayed out of the spotlight. Jim walked into church every Sunday ...

Created on 16 March 2016

14. How to Help Your Sons Answer Their Questions About Sex

Suggestion: Have your sons read this article and then discuss it with them.  Did your dad give you "the talk?" If you're like most of us, then probably not.  I asked the men at The Man in the Mirror Bible ...

Created on 11 March 2016

15. If You Knew Then What You Know Now, Would You Still Marry?

If you knew then what you know now, would you still get married? Some might say no. For the vast majority of us, though, the answer is yes. But we'd also like some help figuring out what to do about those ...

Created on 08 March 2016

16. Faith Without Works: Are You Really a Christian?

Recently I taught through Matthew 10 at our Friday morning Man in the Mirror Bible study. I described the chapter as "Jesus Pilot Tests the Great Commission." After spending two years with his disciples, ...

Created on 10 February 2016

17. How to Take the Mystery Out of Reaching Younger Men

Reaching younger men—especially millennials—is a hot topic these days. The deceiver wants us to think that suddenly, after all these centuries, there is now some new, mysterious, opaque wall between the ...

Created on 31 December 2015

18. Why Aren't More Men Leading Powerful, Transformed Lives?

Early in the history of The Man in the Mirror Bible Study, a Table Leader at one of our leader meetings presented a bizarre situation. He told us about a man at his table who faithfully attended every ...

Created on 15 December 2015

19. Apathy: An Indictment of Christian Men

It's painful to say this, but after working in men's evangelism and discipleship for four decades, it's clear to me that most men don't care what happens to other men. Perhaps they care in theory. But, ...

Created on 03 December 2015

20. Men, Here's What Your Pastor Would Love to Tell You, But Can't

The following letter first appeared as the Prologue to Pastoring Men. It was intended to show pastors that I understand what they're going through. But it has occurred to me that, if you're a layman, you ...

Created on 16 November 2015